Re: PostgreSQL v7.2 Final Release

Thank you!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>
To: <pgsql-announce@postgresql.org>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>; <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 11:01 AM
Subject: PostgreSQL v7.2 Final Release


>
> For Immediate Release February 5th, 2002
>
> After almost a full year of development since PostgreSQL v7.1 was
> released, the PostgreSQL Global Development Group is proud to announce the
> availability of our latest development milestone ... PostgreSQL v7.2,
> another step forward for the project.
>
> A full list of changes to v7.2 can be found in the HISTORY file,
> included with the release, as well as under all ftp mirrors as:
>
> /pub/README.v7_2
>
> Highlights of this release are as follows:
>
>    VACUUM
>            Vacuuming no longer locks tables, thus allowing normal user
>            access during the vacuum. A new "VACUUM FULL" command does
>            old-style vacuum by locking the table and shrinking the on-disk
>            copy of the table.
>
>    Transactions
>            There is no longer a problem with installations that exceed
>            four billion transactions.
>
>    OID's
>            OID's are now optional. Users can now create tables without
>            OID's for cases where OID usage is excessive.
>
>    Optimizer
>            The system now computes histogram column statistics during
>            "ANALYZE", allowing much better optimizer choices.
>
>    Security
>            A new MD5 encryption option allows more secure storage and
>            transfer of passwords. A new Unix-domain socket authentication
>            option is available on Linux and BSD systems.
>
>    Statistics
>            Administrators can use the new table access statistics module
>            to get fine-grained information about table and index usage.
>
>    Internationalization
>            Program and library messages can now be displayed in several
>            languages.
>
> .. with many many more bug fixes, enhancements and performance
> related changes ...
>
> Source for this release is available on all mirrors under:
>
> /pub/source/v7.2
>
> As always, any bugs with this release should be reported to
> pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org ... and, as with all point releases, this
> release requires a complete dump and reload from previous releases, due to
> internal structure changes ...
>
> Marc G. Fournier
> Co-ordinator
> PostgreSQL Global Development Group
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